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Other things being equal, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose _________ of English is poor．

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A．

writing

B．

program

C．

command

D．

impression

答案：C
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When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.

Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on.. I tried to bear all these all these things as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have the girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to other things she said.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half of the things were true.

some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it, “That’s just for you,” he said. “ You know better than anyone else, the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just closing your ears anger and feeling hurt . When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to other people’s opinions, but hear the truth and do you know is right thing to do.”

Daddy’s advice returned to me at many important moments. IN my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?

A Not an Enemy, but a Best Friend

B The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had

C My Father

D My Childhood

What does “ week by week her list grew” mean?

A Week by Week, my shortcomings grew more serious.

B She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.

C I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.

D Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and point them out.

Why did her father listen to her quietly?

A Because he believed that what her daughter’s enemy said was mostly true.

B Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.

C Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.

D Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.

What did the father do after he heard his daughter’s complaint?

A He told her not pay any attention to what her “enemy” said

B He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.

C He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.

D He refused to take the list and have a look at it.

Hobbs was an orphan(孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.One day the lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded（目瞪口呆的）. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place of the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”

“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will（遗嘱）,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”

“Yes, I see. I’ll do that.” said the young man.

1.He wanted to borrow money because he wanted to_____.

A．study abroad

B．work abroad

C．pay for the debts

D．learn to paint pictures

2.Hobbs was dumbfounded on receiving the money because he thought_____.

A．the money was too much

B．the money was too little

C．he would be dismissed

D．the lawyer meant to punish him

3.With the money he got, first Hobbs_____.

A．planned to have a happy life for a few days

B．decided to give up his work in the office

C．was to give a dinner to his friends

D．had no idea what to do

4.What Hobbs was asked to do was_____.

A．to tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it

B．to read his uncle’s will

C．to tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money

D．nothing but to buy some pictures

5.What Hobbs really loved to do was_____.

A．working in the factory

B．living in a fine hotel

C．painting pictures

D．saving the money

 

To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him．To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other hikers．A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf．In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a driver’s attention．

When I hitch-hiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella．My suitcase was decorated with British flags．Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic（精神病患者）．I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply．

But even with careful preparation, you must not assume（认为） that the task will be easy．You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to（承认） a fierce prejudice against, （not to say hatred of）, hitch-hikers, and would no more pick up a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London．In America, my average wait was half-an-hour, and my longest two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day; they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice．

Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people．On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi．There are also lesser（较小的） risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary（传教士）, or just a bad driver．You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car．But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again．

If the hitch-hiker in the U．S．will remember that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West．It will also help if he can drive—I think that I drove myself about 4,500 of those 9,500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States．

71．A hitch-hiking serviceman should wear his uniform      ．

A．so as not to look too unusual              B．to attract attention

C．to show he is on duty                    D．to put the driver at ease

72．In paragraph 3, we learn that the writer     ．

A．has sometimes failed to hitch a ride

B．has marched from Aldermaston to London

C．has always been successful in hitching a ride

D．has had to wait for long hours for a ridew

73．The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that      ．

A．it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers

B．hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes

C．a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse

D．hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers

74．In the last paragraph, the writer mainly wants to tell us that a hitchhiker should     ．

A．not talk to the driver too much

B．fall asleep to make it a peaceful ride

C．try to make himself pleasant and entertaining

D．seek the willingness of drivers

75．A suitable title for the passage would be     ．

A．“The Art of Hitch-hiking”      B．“An Englishman’s View of the U．S．”

C．“An English Hitch-hiker”        D．“The joys and Dangers of hitch-hiking

 

Not all think laughter is the best medicine, but it seems to help．So scientists carried on a new study of diabetes （糖尿病） patients who were given a good dose of humor for a year to prove it．

Researchers divide 20 high-risk diabetic patients into two groups．Both groups were given standard diabetes medicine．Group L viewed 30 minutes of humor of their choice, while Group C, the control group, did not．This went on for a year of treatments．

By two months into the study, the patients in the laughter group had lower level of the hormones epinephrine （肾上腺素）, considered to cause stress, which is known to be deadly．After the 12 months, HDL cholesterol rises 26 percent in Group L but only 3 percent in Group           C．In another measure, C-reactive proteins, a maker of heart disease, drop 66 percent in the laughter group but only 26 percent in the control group．

“The best doctors believe that there is a physical good brought about by the positive emotion, happy laughter,” said study leader Lee Berk of Loma Linda University．And other research has found that humor makes us more hopeful．Still, more study is needed, Berk said．The research by Berk found that humor can bring about similar changes in body chemistry, which was proved in the new study．The research result will be presented this month at the meeting in the US．Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine shows that laughter causes the inner lining of blood vessels to expand, increasing blood flow in a way thought to be healthy．

“Lifestyle choices have an important effect on health and these are choices which we and patients should pay attention to, rather than prevention and treatment,” Berk said in a statement this week．

1.Why did the scientists carry on the new research?

A．To find out if laughter was good to health．

B．To discover the best medicine to cure diabetes．

C．Because the number of diabetic patients is the largest in the world．

D．Because diabetic patients need more laughter than other patients．

2.After 12 months into the study, ___________．

A．C-reactive proteins increase 66 percent in Group C

B．the level of the hormones epinephrine stays the same in both groups

C．the level of the hormones epinephrine has dropped

D．C-reactive proteins reduced 66 percent in Group L

3.The underlined part “HDL cholesterol” in Paragraph 3 must be _______．

A．something bad to our health

B．something good to our health

C．a kind of wonderful medicine

D．a kind of dangerous disease

4.In what way does laughter benefit people’s health?

A．Blood is made thick by laughter．

B．Laughter makes blood vessels thin．

C．Laughter increases blood pressure．

D．Laughter makes blood flow fast．

5.According to Berk, we should _________．

A．choose lifestyles carefully

B．change our lifestyles

C．prevent our lifestyles in advance

D．pay less attention to the positive emotion

 

I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.

One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.

The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice, “A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “ good morning” in reply.

The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.

One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked, “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat.

Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place.

Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or hopefully---on holiday somewhere. When we came nearer to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers even asked the driver to wait.

We all held our breaths when he went to the door. The old gentleman was fine, but one of his close friends had died over the weekend. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.

The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, and without a tie. Inside the bus was silent.

1. The story is mainly developed by ______.

A. time   B. logic    C. comparison    D. cause and result 

2. Greeted with “good morning” from the old man, people aboard the bus at first _____.

A. felt tired and sleepy and didn’t want to talk   B. greeted him back loudly and politely

C. guarded against the conversation from strangers D. felt surprised and became angry with him.

3. When the passengers found the old man was not waiting at the bus stop as usual, they did NOT _____.

A. buy flowers and wait for him to come   B. feel anxious and worried about him 

C. miss him and expect to see him    D. hope he was going on holiday rather than falling ill

4. It can be inferred from the text that _____.

A. the driver didn’t like the old man at first  B. people usually wear a tie when they are happy

C. passengers brought flowers to express gratitude（感激） to the old man 

D. the old man had a great influence on the passengers’ emotion

5.The purpose of the passage is to _____.

A. introduce the old gentleman and praise his good deeds

B. persuade us to become friendly and considerate to people around

C. tell us to keep silent when somebody passes away

D. criticize those who remain silent when they are greeted

 

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